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Offline KennyGTI

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Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« on: 26 July 2011, 08:29 »
Anyone's lights come on in the late evening (5.00pm'ish) when the sun is still out and have no need to have them on?

Is there anyway to change the sensitivity of the this?

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Offline dubber36

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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #1 on: 26 July 2011, 08:58 »
Mine come on sooner than they would if I had put them on manually, and I'm always one of the first to turn my headlights on.

Are you sure they are not coming on when you exceed 87mph in you rush to get home?
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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #2 on: 26 July 2011, 10:21 »


Are you sure they are not coming on when you exceed 87mph in you rush to get home?

I may do, does that make a difference??  :undecided:

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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #3 on: 26 July 2011, 10:24 »
Yes, the lights come on when you get hit 90.

I found my MK5 did the same and I asked the same question about adjusting the sensitivity. Not 100% sure as I asked it AGES ago but Im pretty sure the answer was no.

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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #4 on: 26 July 2011, 10:26 »
Yes, the lights come on when you get hit 90.

I found my MK5 did the same and I asked the same question about adjusting the sensitivity. Not 100% sure as I asked it AGES ago but Im pretty sure the answer was no.

I'll have a look at Dean's MK5 lunch time and let you know  :smiley:

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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #5 on: 26 July 2011, 10:36 »
Let us know, if you can then you can do mine in October :D :kiss:

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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #6 on: 26 July 2011, 11:06 »
Anyone's lights come on in the late evening (5.00pm'ish) when the sun is still out and have no need to have them on?

Is there anyway to change the sensitivity of the this?

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http://www.golfgtiforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=179265.10
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Offline KennyGTI

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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #7 on: 26 July 2011, 11:55 »
Thanks Mr Smooth.

Quote from other thread from you:

Hi everyone
I was reading through the owner's manual and found the following:
"If your light switch is in position AUTO, the vehicle lighting and lighting in the instruments and switches will switch on and off automatically in the following situations:

Automatically switched on
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When the light sensitive sensors detects darkness.
When you drive faster then 140KM/H for a few seconds.
When the rain sensor detects it is raining and switches the wipers on.

Automatically switched off
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When the sensors detect there is enough light.
When you drive slower then 65KM/H.
When the windscreen wiper has not wiped for a few minutes.

This is why my light come on when i hit a stretch of road on the way home from work sometimes.

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Offline R32UK

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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #8 on: 26 July 2011, 12:24 »
i think there is some adjustment available here... in the R32 it was over 100mph :lipsrsealed:

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Re: Lights Coming On, On Auto?
« Reply #9 on: 26 July 2011, 16:00 »
i think there is some adjustment available here... in the R32 it was over 100mph :lipsrsealed:

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